Tuesday, March 10, 2009

WHAT IS HACKING ?

Hacking is the act of penetrating computer systems to gain knowledge about the system and how it works. Hacking is illegal because we demand free access to ALL data, and we get it. This pisses people off and we are outcasted from society, and in order to stay out of prison, we must keep our status of being a hacker/phreaker a secret. We can't discuss our findings with anyone but other members of the hacking/phreaking community for fear of being punished. We are punished for wanting to learn. Why is the government spending huge amounts of time and money to arrest hackers when there are other much more dangerous people out there. It is the murderers, rapists, terrorists, kidnappers, and burglers who should be punished for what they have done, not hackers. We do NOT pose a threat to anyone. We are NOT out to hurt people or there computers. I admit that there are some people out there who call themselves hackers and who deliberately damage computers. But these people are criminals, NOT hackers. I don't care what the government says, we are NOT criminals. We are NOT trying to alter or damage any system. This is widely misunderstood. Maybe one day people will believe us when we say that all we want is to learn. There are only two ways to get rid of hackers and phreakers. One is to get rid of computers and telephones, in which case we would find other means of getting what we want.(Like that is really going to happen.) The other way is to give us what we want, which is free access to ALL information. Until one of those two things happen, we are notgoing anywhere.why hack ?

As said above, we hack to gain knowledge about systems and the way they work. We do NOT want to damage systems in any way. If you do damage a system, you WILL get caught. But, if you don't damage anything, it is very unlikely that you will be noticed, let alone betracked down and arrested, which costs a considerable amount of time and money.Beginners should read all the files that they can get their hands on about anything even remotely related to hacking and phreaking, BEFORE they start hacking. I know it sounds stupid and boring but it will definetly pay off in the future. The more you read about hackingand phreaking, the more unlikely it is that you will get caught. Some of the most useless pieces of information that you read could turn out to be the most helpful. That is why you need to read everything possible.

HACKING RULES :

1. Never damage any system. This will only get you into trouble.

2. Never alter any of the systems files, except for those needed toinsure that you are not detected, and those to insure that you haveaccess into that computer in the future.

3. Do not share any information about your hacking projects withanyone but those you'd trust with your life.

4. When posting on BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems) be as vague aspossible when describing your current hacking projects. BBS's CANbe monitered by law enforcement.

5. Never use anyone's real name or real phone number when postingon a BBS.

6. Never leave your handle on any systems that you hack in to.

7. DO NOT hack government computers.

8. Never speak about hacking projects over your home telephone line.

9. Be paranoid. Keep all of your hacking materials in a safe place.

10. To become a real hacker, you have to hack. You can't just sitaround reading text files and hanging out on BBS's. This is not whathacking is all about.

Where and how to start hacking ?

After you get yourself a good scanner, scan some prefixes andfind some cool dialups, then do the following: From your terminal,dial the number you found. Then you should hear a series of beeps(carrier) which tells you that you are connecting to a remote computer.It should then say something like "CONNECT 9600" and then identify thesystem that you are on. If nothing happens after it says "CONNECT 9600"try hitting enter a few times. If you get a bunch of garbage adjust yourparity, data bits, stop bits, baud rate, etc., until it becomes clear.That is one way of connecting to a remote computer. Another way isthrough Telenet or some other large network.Telenet is a very large network that has many other networks andremote computers connected to it.Ok, here is how you would connect to a remote computer throughTelenet:First, you get your local dialup(phone number) from the list thatI have provided in Section G. Then you dial the number from yourterminal and connect.(If you get a bunch of garbage try changing yourparity to odd and your data bits to 7, this should clear it up.) Ifit just sits there hit enter and wait a few seconds, then hit enteragain. Then it will say "TERMINAL=" and you type in your terminalemulation. If you don't know what it is just hit enter. Then it willgive you a prompt that looks like "@". From there you type "c" and thenthe NUA (Network User Address) that you want to connect to. After youconnect to the NUA, the first thing you need to do is find out what typeof system you are on.(i.e. UNIX, VAX/VMS, PRIME, etc.)There are other things that you can do on Telenet besidesconnecting to an NUA. Some of these commands and functions are listed inthe next section.You can only connect to computers which accept reverse charging.The only way you can connect to computers that don't accept reverse charging is if you have a Telenet account. You can try hacking these. To do this, at the "@" prompt type "access". It will then ask you for your Telenet ID and password.Telenet is probably the safest place to start hacking because ofthe large numbers of calls that they get. Make sure you call duringbusiness hours (late morning or early afternoon) so there are manyother people on-line.